On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app.
Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
Maybe
apt-cache search …..
?
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:41, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
MaybeOn Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. >>> Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
apt-cache search …..
?
That has the logic I want.
*BUT* it searches a local cache.
I want to search the Debian repository.
On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. >> Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
Maybe
apt-cache search …..
?
That has the logic I want.
*BUT* it searches a local cache.
I want to search the Debian repository.
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another
app. Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:41, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
MaybeOn Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote: >>>>Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. >>>> Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
apt-cache search …..
?
That has the logic I want.
*BUT* it searches a local cache.
I want to search the Debian repository.
Why don’t you give it a try. I think you will
be pleasantly surprised.
:)
-H
I prefer DuckDuckGo ;}
Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app. >>>> Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
TIA
Maybe
apt-cache search …..
?
That has the logic I want.
*BUT* it searches a local cache.
I want to search the Debian repository.
apt-file searches the repositories, you'll probably need to install it
as it's not installed by default.
I'm explicitly looking for packages residing in the Debian repository. I routinely do a web search if I'm unconcerned about where a program comes from.
On 11/16/24 6:55 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:41, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote: On 11/16/24 6:17 AM, Henning Follmann wrote:
On Nov 16, 2024, at 07:04, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another app.
Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?Maybe
TIA
apt-cache search …..
?
That has the logic I want.
*BUT* it searches a local cache.
I want to search the Debian repository.
Why don’t you give it a try. I think you will
be pleasantly surprised.
:)
No I wouldn't. Its manpage explicitly says it searches a local cache
and even warns that such may not be up-to-date.
On 11/16/24 7:58 AM, Chris Green wrote:
apt-file searches the repositories, you'll probably need to install it
as it's not installed by default.
Yes. Its manpage explicitly says it searches the repository.
Be aware that apt-file searches for filenames in packages,
rather than package names and their descriptions.
(And that's filenames, not pathnames.)
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 11:52:37AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
[...]
Be aware that apt-file searches for filenames in packages,
rather than package names and their descriptions.
(And that's filenames, not pathnames.)
Hm. I don't know what you mean by this, but I propose, as an
experiment, that you compare the output of
apt-file search ls
and
apt-file search /bin/ls
... my take is that it searches for matches whithin the full path.
On Sat 16 Nov 2024 at 19:15:10 (+0100), tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Sat, Nov 16, 2024 at 11:52:37AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
[...]
Be aware that apt-file searches for filenames in packages,
rather than package names and their descriptions.
(And that's filenames, not pathnames.)
Hm. I don't know what you mean by this, but I propose, as an
experiment, that you compare the output of
apt-file search ls
and
apt-file search /bin/ls
... my take is that it searches for matches whithin the full path.
Sorry, I meant to write directories.
On Sat, 2024-11-16 at 14:36 +0000, Joe wrote:
On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 06:04:28 -0600
Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
Synaptic's search nearly useless.
I need a search tool which uses Boolean logic.
I'm usually looking for a standalone app, NOT an add-on for another
app. Rarely do I want a command line tool.
Suggestions?
You might try Google, with "Debian" (in quotation marks) added to your search terms. You will also find other software not submitted to or accepted by Debian, but packaged in a .deb file. It is your decision whether to trust such software.
I just tested the following in Google with perfect results (for me):
dragonfly site:deb.debian.org
That might not be universal across search engines so a quick query such
as the following might yield something:
how do i search within specific url in <favorite-search-engine>
On Sun, 2024-11-17 at 10:30 +0100, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Sun, Nov 17, 2024 at 03:56:40AM -0500, Cindy Sue Causey wrote:
On Sat, 2024-11-16 at 14:36 +0000, Joe wrote:
You might try Google, with "Debian" (in quotation marks) added to
your
search terms. You will also find other software not submitted to
or
accepted by Debian, but packaged in a .deb file. It is your
decision
whether to trust such software.
I just tested the following in Google with perfect results (for me):
dragonfly site:deb.debian.org
That might not be universal across search engines so a quick query
such
as the following might yield something:
how do i search within specific url in <favorite-search-engine>
"site:" works also with DDG. I wouldn't touch Google with a sanitized
ten-foot pole. That said, I'm looking for a DDG replacement, since
they
devolved to a Bing frontend :-(
I hear what you're saying so I thought on it a second then tried
ChatGPT's search feature. I asked it if it had a list of trustworthy
search engines. Received this as part of the answer:
***** BEGIN LARGE QUOTE *****
1. Privacy-Focused Search Engines
These search engines prioritize user privacy and do not track or store personal data.
DuckDuckGo: A well-known search engine that does not track users and provides anonymous search results.
Website: https://duckduckgo.com/
Startpage: Offers Google search results but removes all personal
data and tracking.
Website: https://www.startpage.com/
Qwant: A privacy-focused European search engine that does not track
users.
Website: https://www.qwant.com/
Searx: An open-source metasearch engine that aggregates results from multiple sources without tracking users.
Website: https://searx.me/
Swisscows: A family-friendly and privacy-conscious search engine
based in Switzerland.
Website: https://swisscows.com/
***** END LARGE QUOTE *****
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